Joe Shishido
December 6, 1933 (92 years old) in Kita, Osaka, Japan
Beloved Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in over 200 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname "Joe the Ace" (エースのジョー Ēsu no Jō) for his popular role in the Western Fast-Draw Guy (1961).
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · The Final Judgement as Lao Porto
- 2011 · Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 as
- 2010 · A Night In Nude: Salvation as Naoki Yamagami
- 2009 · The Code as Detective 500
- 2007 · Switching – Goodbye Me as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
- 2007 · Kisaragi as Ooiso Long Beach Host
- 2007 · Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 as
- 2005 · Detective Office 5 as 500
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as Chief 500
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as
- 2005 · Proud Ambition 3 as
- 2005 · Flower & Snake II as
- 2002 · Yakuza Jihad as
- 2001 · Drowning Fish as Ace no Jo
- 2001 · Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street as
- 2000 · Debt King Part VII: Millennium as
- 1999 · Hometown as
- 1997 · To Love as Chinen
- 1997 · Remembering the Cosmos Flower as
- 1996 · The Trap as Jo Shishido
- 1995 · The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Fujio Tashiro
- 1995 · The Stairway to the Distant Past as Jo Shishido
- 1994 · Turning Point as Hashizume
- 1994 · The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Joe
- 1994 · Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong as
- 1993 · Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death as
- 1992 · The Setting Sun as
- 1992 · The Gambler as Joe of Aces
- 1992 · 8 Man - For All Lonely Nights as Dr. Tani
- 1991 · Danger Point: The Road to Hell as
- 1991 · Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet as Junichi Mizuta
- 1991 · Kimi no na wa as 角倉勘次
- 1991 · The Killers as
- 1990 · Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba as
- 1990 · Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet as Junichi Mizuta
- 1990 · Nozomi Witches as Ryotaro's father
- 1989 · You'll Fall For Me as
- 1989 · Red Crow and the Ghost Ship as Captain
- 1988 · This Heartbeat as
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Tokuji Hayakawa
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Noritsugu Hayakawa
- 1987 · Fugitive Alien as Captain Joe
- 1987 · The Beauty in the Black Mask as Takeo Sato
- 1986 · Leave My Girl Alone as Bar Owner
- 1986 · Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast as School Principal
- 1986 · Katayoku dake no tenshi as
- 1986 · Take It Easy as
- 1985 · I'm All Yours as Priest
- 1985 · Caribe: Symphony of Love as Shunsuke Saichu
- 1985 · Yakyuukyou no Uta as
- 1984 · Again as
- 1984 · Sukanpin Walk as Tatsuya Sekikawa
- 1983 · Our Wedding as
- 1982 · I Are You, You Am Me as Kouzou Saitoh
- 1982 · Fossilized Wilderness as
- 1981 · Edo Porn as Jyuppensha Ikku
- 1981 · Blue Jeans Memory as
- 1981 · Pro Hunter as 菊島雄三
- 1980 · The First Catch as
- 1980 · Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji as
- 1980 · Nurse's Husband as
- 1979 · Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen as
- 1978 · Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka as
- 1978 · Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Tominoichi
- 1978 · Star Wolf as Captain Joe
- 1977 · Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye as Black Jack
- 1977 · High Seas Hijack as Chief Engineer Kosai
- 1977 · Gambling Code and Feuds as Katsuya Sekikawa
- 1977 · Ore no sora as Genjiro Yasuda
- 1977 · A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness as Cop
- 1977 · Dazzling Cops as
- 1977 · The Alaska Story as
- 1976 · Big City: Days of Struggle as
- 1976 · The Sea of Genkai as Sawaki
- 1976 · Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow as Gendō
- 1975 · Conflagration as Chief Engineer Kosai
- 1974 · New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Hachiro Tachibana
- 1974 · Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Katsutoshi Otomo
- 1974 · Center of Tokyo as Hyodo
- 1974 · Blitz!! Strada 5 as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
- 1973 · The Hard Core Criminal as
- 1973 · None But the Brave as
- 1973 · Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari as
- 1972 · New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line as
- 1972 · The Witty Samurai as
- 1971 · Bad Girl Mako as Yasuoka
- 1971 · Monk's Paradise as
- 1971 · Blood for Blood as Naoto Tezuka
- 1971 · Go As Messy As Messy Can Be as Mujitori
- 1971 · New Shameless School as Gebageba
- 1970 · Shameless School: Tackle Kiss as Macaroni
- 1970 · New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri as
- 1970 · Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude as Macaroni
- 1970 · Shameless School as Macaroni
- 1970 · A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life as
- 1970 · Greatest Boss of Japan as
- 1970 · Profile of a Boss' Son as
- 1969 · The Cleanup as
- 1969 · Biographies of Killers as
- 1969 · Thirteen Times a Loser as Seiji Okitsu
- 1969 · Ex Convict: Sword Storm as
- 1969 · The Rough One as Imano's Bodyguard
- 1969 · 100 Gamblers as
- 1969 · Yabanjin no Nekutai as
- 1969 · Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood as
- 1969 · Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower as
- 1968 · Retaliation as Hino
- 1967 · My Sweetheart as President Shishido
- 1967 · The Return of the Filthy Seven as
- 1967 · Velvet Hustler as
- 1967 · Massacre Gun as Ryûichi Kuroda
- 1967 · Asia-Pol as George
- 1967 · Branded to Kill as Gorô Hanada
- 1967 · A Colt Is My Passport as Shuji Kamimura
- 1966 · Asiapol Secret Service as George Eaton
- 1966 · Your Life as
- 1966 · Love Eternal as
- 1966 · Love and Desire in the Night Mist as
- 1966 · Blood Shed as Seiji
- 1966 · Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph as Kokichi Yamaguch
- 1965 · The Dragon of Macao as Aizu
- 1965 · Three Stray Dogs as
- 1965 · Murder Unincorporated as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
- 1964 · Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel as Joe of Aces
- 1964 · Tiger of the Sea as
- 1964 · Gate of Flesh as Shintaro Ibuki
- 1964 · Jinsei Gekijo as
- 1964 · Cruel Gun Story as Togawa
- 1963 · Chivalrous Outlaw as
- 1963 · Tale on Kanto Chivalry as Masa from Kanto
- 1963 · Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women as Hideo Tajima
- 1963 · Youth of the Beast as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
- 1963 · Notorious Bastard as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
- 1963 · Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! as Hideo Tajima
- 1962 · Traces of Lead as
- 1962 · Danger Pays as Jôji Kondô
- 1962 · Glass-Hearted Johnny as Jô
- 1962 · Jūdan no arashi as
- 1962 · Solo Traveler as
- 1962 · Nuki uchi fūraibō as
- 1962 · Kimagure tosei as
- 1961 · Crimson Pistol as
- 1961 · The Crimson Plains as Joji Sakuma
- 1961 · Joe of Aces: Give and Take as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- 1961 · Quick Draw Joe as Joe the Ace
- 1961 · Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- 1961 · Pacific Porters as
- 1961 · The Rambler under the Southern Cross as
- 1960 · The Angry Rambler as
- 1960 · The Rambler Rides Again as
- 1960 · The Rambler on a Pearl Farm as
- 1960 · The Man with a Sinister Laugh as Ken
- 1960 · The Rambler in the Sunset as
- 1960 · Wind of Volcano as
- 1960 · The Gun Like Lightning as Goro
- 1960 · Return of the Vagabond as
- 1960 · Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as Gin of the Colt
- 1960 · The Guitarist and the Rancher as
- 1959 · Mighty Rules as
- 1959 · Who is in the Background? as
- 1959 · The Rambling Guitarist as George
- 1959 · The Human Cyclone as Masa
- 1959 · Tokyo no Kodoku as
- 1959 · Machi ga nemuru toki as
- 1959 · Gun Number Zero as
- 1959 · Zattō ni hikarume as
- 1958 · Voice Without a Shadow as Hamazaki
- 1958 · Taiyō o buchi otose as
- 1958 · The Boy Who Came Back as Kajita
- 1958 · Rusty Knife as Shimabara
- 1957 · The Naked Woman and the Gun as
- 1957 · Temptation as Goro Yasui
- 1957 · The Champion as Boxer Ishiyama
- 1957 · Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 as Masaki Yoshihara
- 1956 · Frankie the Milkman as Zenkichi Matsubara
- 1956 · Kingorô no omawari-san as
- 1956 · Shiawase wa doko ni as Tetsuo Shimura
- 1956 · This Is Home as
- 1956 · Confession as
- 1956 · Called to the Stand as
- 1956 · Cell No. 8 as
- 1955 · Tsukiyo no kasa as
- 1955 · The Maid's Kid as
- 1955 · Ofukuro as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Yabuta
- 1954 · My Pistol Is Quick as Airplane Passenger
- 1954 · Women's House as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
- Future · Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 5 as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 4 as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 2 as
- 2006 · A Surgeon Named Hitman as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 6 as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 5 as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 4 as
- 2004 · Alumni Association as
- 2004 · Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless as
- 2004 · Shin Japan's Don: Waves as
- 1995 · Fukushu no Teio as Kazunari Inaba
- 1995 · Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH as
- 1994 · Tough Cop - Ginza Police as
- 1993 · JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet as
- 1991 · The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 as
- 1991 · God's Pinch Hitter as
- 1990 · Run the Beast as
- 1987 · Star Force: Fugitive Alien II as Captain Joe
- 1972 · New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm as
- 1971 · Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu as
- 1971 · A Man's World as
- 1970 · Charming Men as Kobe Saburo
- 1970 · Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa as
- 1969 · Chivalrous Pride as
- 1969 · Exiled to Hell as
- 1968 · 魔性の女 as
- 1968 · Stardust Wharf as
- 1967 · Outlaw's Gold as 三鬼鉄
- 1967 · The Aftermath of War as
- 1967 · Burning Clouds as
- 1966 · The Dragon and the Tiger as
- 1965 · Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
- 1965 · Modern Yakuza: Chivalry as
- 1965 · Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure as
- 1964 · Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ as
- 1964 · Tale on Tokai Chivalry as
- 1963 · Hell Festival as Tetsu the Otter
- 1963 · Akai ka to Rokudenashi as
- 1962 · Last Round as
- 1962 · The Frozen Plains as
- 1962 · Mexico Drifter as
- 1961 · Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains as
- 1961 · I'll End in Hell as Joji Dan
- 1961 · Gun of Nosappu as
- 1961 · Gambler in the Sea as
- 1960 · Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow as Jo of the Colt
- 1960 · The Guitarist from the Sea as
- 1960 · The Cards Will Tell as
- 1959 · Crime Reporter as Fujimoto
- 1959 · Merciless Bullet as Yukie's lover
- 1959 · Wounded Beast as
- 1959 · We Live Today as
- 1958 · Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha as
- 1958 · Breasts and Bullets as
- 1957 · Small Rats of the Edo Town as Hidematsu
- 1957 · Muhō Ichidai as
- 1956 · Kanshō fujin as
- 1956 · The Happy Dancers as
- 1956 · Seishun wo warera ni as Takai
- 1955 · The Doctor as
- 1955 · His Highness Surabaya as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
- 1954 · The Black Current as Newspaper Reporter




